On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 12:37:15PM +0200, Petter Adsen wrote: > > Oh I see. Consider this link then: > > > > https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html > > > > Especially chapter 2.2.2, which talks about GNOME 3.14. > > > > Funny thing is - chapter 2.2.2 does not mention GNOME Classic at all. > > Presumably because GNOME Classic was axed in GNOME 3.6 (or 3.8, or > > 3.10 > > - the memory fails me here). > > I see. I found another link[1], but that only mentions that Gnome in > Jessie requires 3D drivers, which I would interpret as "no Classic".
Well, they promised that GNOME would rely on so called 'llvm pipe' to get 3D even if normal 3D is not accessible, but … 'llvm pipe' seems to be working on amd64 (maybe i386) only, so all other archtectures have XFCE by default. >From the personal experience - said 'llvm pipe' just segfaults if amd64 jessie is running in qemu-kvm. Some llvm bug, I presume. Or qemu one. Not that it really matters to me. > > > > > > Will Debian 8, when released, provide the "GNOME Classic" > > > > > > interface? > > > > > > > > > > From the above: > > > > > > > > > > "If you want to keep an interface closer to the GNOME 2.30 > > > > > version in wheezy, you can select the “GNOME Classic” session > > > > > at the login prompt. It will bring you an improved version of > > > > > the traditional panel. You can still edit the panel to add more > > > > > applets, by using the hidden alt+right click combination. " > > > > > > > > Um, wheezy has GNOME 3.4. It's squeeze which had GNOME 2.30. > > > > Apparently this info is outdated. > > > > > > I don't use Gnome, so I wouldn't know :) As the top of the page said > > > "Debian 8", I didn't inspect the link any closer. > > > > Hey, *I* stopped using GNOME back then Debian stable was called etch. > > Maybe this will get more people to switch to something like Xfce or > just a plain WM :) No. Never underestimate the power of default installation. If default installation gives one GNOME - one will stick to the GNOME. Unless, of course, user knows exactly what is needed. In that case I fail to see the need of using GNOME in the first place :) > > But you don't need software to be installed to check its version > > because they give you apt-cache. And if you don't like apt-cache - > > they give you aptitude :) > > Not on the machine I'm on right now - it runs Slackware :) I guess > there's no problem in running apt-cache here, but I can't really see a > good reason for doing so :) It will be moved to Jessie pretty soon, > though, just haven't found the time yet. Unless Slackware stops giving you chroot(1) - you can run both Slackware and Debian at the same time. The reason to do so (short of building debs the way it's intended) is escaping from me too. Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150403105715.ge10...@d1696.int.rdtex.ru
